THESE PEOPLE ARE WAGING THE FIERCEST FIGHT OF THE 21ST CENTURY — TO SAVE DEMOCRACY
By Yaffa Fredrick, CNN
Fatou Jaw Manneh
Our deepest fear for America — and the world
Garry Kasparov
Our generation will either renew democracy — or lose it forever
Leopoldo López
What I learned about freedom from a 2x2 Venezuelan prison cell
Marina Nemat
Your rights could be taken away rapidly. I know because it happened to me
Nury Turkel
I was born in a Chinese "reeducation camp." I'm watching history repeat itself
Alexander Vindman & Andrei Sannikov
One of us was tortured for fighting a dictator. The other was fired for blowing the whistle on Donald Trump
Wai Hnin Pwint Thon
I met my dad for the first time when I was four, and he was behind bars
► Masih Alinejad
Exiled Iranian says the regime is scared of her
► Claudia Escobar Mejía
Why this judge rejected a bribe from Congress
► Garry Kasparov
In chess, we play by the rules — dictators don't
► Nathan Law
Democracy is not only Hong Kong's fight
► Evan Mawarire
A moment of desperation with his country's flag made this pastor go viral
► Mu Sochua
Why the Cambodian regime is trying to silence me
► Mohamed Soltan
Two years in an Egyptian prison taught me this
Renew Democracy Initiative
The dissidents featured in "Voices of Freedom" are among those active in the Renew Democracy Initiative's Frontlines of Freedom project
Most of the nations of the world — and more than 80% of the people on earth — live under regimes that are considered unfree or partly free, according to Freedom House, a nonprofit research organization, which assigns a "freedom status" for individual countries and a select group of territories based on an assessment of its political rights and liberties. This data reflects the 2020 rankings.
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